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*Plot and ending analyzed*
I recently pulled out an old VHS copy of this movie from my storage. It has been a while since I have seen it. The copy is blurry, has scratches, and is in terrible shape, but it still is perfectly watchable. And the audio is satisfactory, but it is only in Spanish; for those who don't speak it you can easily figure what is going on.
The title on my version is "Demasiados muertos para Tex" which translates into English as, "Too Many Dead for Tex". It seems like it was retitled for the American market as a Sartana movie though, as many Spanish and Italian Westerns were, in an attempt to capture a greater share of American audiences.
Spanish actor Jorge Martín, appearing with the most ridiculous wig ever, plays a man named Tex Nebraska. He gets into trouble with the law frequently, and was just set free by a judge. He later visits his fiancé, and suddenly five men start to beat him, out of nowhere. She throws him a revolver to defend himself, and he kills them all. And she is smiling after that. Very strange woman. The scene is absolutely ridiculous and quite typical in Spaghetti Westerns. And then the sheriff suddenly appears, and locks Tex up in the local jail. The sheriff is also the brother of Tex's fiancé.
In jail, some other guy is locked up with Tex. He is called "El Loco", the crazy one in English. American actor and bodybuilder Gordon Mitchell plays him. A bit later, El Loco's two friends break them all out of jail.
They meet up with a fat guy and then they go search for a ranch house that has gold in it. A couple is in the house, and the man is killed by El Loco's accomplice. The woman is saved by Tex after telling them that the gold is hidden in an old church, and she is let go.
There are a lot of imbecilic comedic scenes in this movie, and that really ruins it because then they are attempting to be serious in other instances. It probably would have been better if it was all serious and not dumb and simpleminded. I think they wanted to be like the Trinity movies.
The whole group goes looking for the church, but get their horses stolen, and then the sheriff suddenly starts to follow them (even after he was shot by El Loco's accomplice - it's like the writers forgot about that) and they also start bickering amongst themselves. The fat guy is shot by the posse and disappears from the movie altogether. Tex also starts flirting with the woman who helped with the jailbreak.
El Loco then gets pushed off a ledge by the woman accomplice. And Tex has to kill the man who freed El Loco from jail because he is jealous and wants to kill him. So basically, the story just keeps getting more unbelievable and pointless.
Finally, Tex and the woman find the church and then the gold, but she shoots him (like you could not see that coming). She goes to the top floor and two men attack her. I think they were bandits that were following them. Tex is still alive, as the bullet only grazed his forehead. He kills the two bandits, and the woman runs away with the chest of gold. Apparently there is a mud pool nearby, and the woman and the chest of gold start to sink after she runs in the mud. Tex attempts to save her, but she goes under. And then Tex is drowning, but is thrown a lasso rope and pulled from the mud by the sheriff. And this is a hilarious scene from a horror movie, the woman has become a skeleton and we see her skull before it sinks back into the mud! Tex's fiancé is present as well, and she suggests that Tex and her get married. But he is having doubts, and the movie end credits start.
Be sure to look for the stock footage of a waterfall, and also for the excessive use of the audio stock effect of the "werewolf howling" that you have heard in countless movies.
Quite an unusual movie. It is average, and peculiar in many ways, but definitely worth a watch.
Grade: C -
In Spanish with no subtitles.
*Plot and ending analyzed*
I recently pulled out an old VHS copy of this movie from my storage. It has been a while since I have seen it. The copy is blurry, has scratches, and is in terrible shape, but it still is perfectly watchable. And the audio is satisfactory, but it is only in Spanish; for those who don't speak it you can easily figure what is going on.
The title on my version is "Demasiados muertos para Tex" which translates into English as, "Too Many Dead for Tex". It seems like it was retitled for the American market as a Sartana movie though, as many Spanish and Italian Westerns were, in an attempt to capture a greater share of American audiences.
Spanish actor Jorge Martín, appearing with the most ridiculous wig ever, plays a man named Tex Nebraska. He gets into trouble with the law frequently, and was just set free by a judge. He later visits his fiancé, and suddenly five men start to beat him, out of nowhere. She throws him a revolver to defend himself, and he kills them all. And she is smiling after that. Very strange woman. The scene is absolutely ridiculous and quite typical in Spaghetti Westerns. And then the sheriff suddenly appears, and locks Tex up in the local jail. The sheriff is also the brother of Tex's fiancé.
In jail, some other guy is locked up with Tex. He is called "El Loco", the crazy one in English. American actor and bodybuilder Gordon Mitchell plays him. A bit later, El Loco's two friends break them all out of jail.
They meet up with a fat guy and then they go search for a ranch house that has gold in it. A couple is in the house, and the man is killed by El Loco's accomplice. The woman is saved by Tex after telling them that the gold is hidden in an old church, and she is let go.
There are a lot of imbecilic comedic scenes in this movie, and that really ruins it because then they are attempting to be serious in other instances. It probably would have been better if it was all serious and not dumb and simpleminded. I think they wanted to be like the Trinity movies.
The whole group goes looking for the church, but get their horses stolen, and then the sheriff suddenly starts to follow them (even after he was shot by El Loco's accomplice - it's like the writers forgot about that) and they also start bickering amongst themselves. The fat guy is shot by the posse and disappears from the movie altogether. Tex also starts flirting with the woman who helped with the jailbreak.
El Loco then gets pushed off a ledge by the woman accomplice. And Tex has to kill the man who freed El Loco from jail because he is jealous and wants to kill him. So basically, the story just keeps getting more unbelievable and pointless.
Finally, Tex and the woman find the church and then the gold, but she shoots him (like you could not see that coming). She goes to the top floor and two men attack her. I think they were bandits that were following them. Tex is still alive, as the bullet only grazed his forehead. He kills the two bandits, and the woman runs away with the chest of gold. Apparently there is a mud pool nearby, and the woman and the chest of gold start to sink after she runs in the mud. Tex attempts to save her, but she goes under. And then Tex is drowning, but is thrown a lasso rope and pulled from the mud by the sheriff. And this is a hilarious scene from a horror movie, the woman has become a skeleton and we see her skull before it sinks back into the mud! Tex's fiancé is present as well, and she suggests that Tex and her get married. But he is having doubts, and the movie end credits start.
Be sure to look for the stock footage of a waterfall, and also for the excessive use of the audio stock effect of the "werewolf howling" that you have heard in countless movies.
Quite an unusual movie. It is average, and peculiar in many ways, but definitely worth a watch.
Grade: C -
In Spanish with no subtitles.
